There are 12 ways to get from Greece to Basel by plane, train, bus, busferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SKG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 39mCHF 119–260Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Basel (BSL)plane SKG - BSL
5h 31mCHF 65–246Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Rrogozhinëbus
- Take the busferry from Rrogozhinë to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
28hTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Budapestbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
33h 27mCHF 211–386Drive 2,298.7 km
- Drive from Athens to Baselcar 2,298.7 km
24h 57mCHF 402–580Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 42mCHF 103–289Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Basel (BSL)plane HER - BSL
5h 44mCHF 144–605Fly Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ATH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 10mCHF 95–206Fly Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RHO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 19mCHF 103–227Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane SKG - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
8h 38mCHF 91–436Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Basel, Bahnhofbus
33h 39mCHF 152–207Bus via Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Athens to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Basel, Bahnhofbus
34h 27mCHF 111–150
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 65 - SFr 250 and takes 5h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 31m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Basel. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 39m.
The distance between Greece and Basel is 1498 km. The road distance is 2298.7 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Basel without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 28h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 39m to get from Greece to Basel, including transfers.
Greece to Basel bus services, operated by Top Lines, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 31m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 150 - SFr 210 and takes 33h 39m.
Greece to Basel bus services, operated by Top Lines, arrive at Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave station.
Basel is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 9:42 PM in Greece and 8:42 PM in Basel.
What companies run services between Greece and Basel, Switzerland?
easyJet, Aegean Airlines, and Lufthansa fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Basel, Bahnhof via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 33h 39m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–320
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–440
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–190
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–330
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bari Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–160
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 85–120
- 2nd Class
- CHF 70–100
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–18
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Rrogozhinë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 38
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Rrogozhinë to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 42
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 47
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–160
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +30 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–65
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
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